Travel Pool Report No. 4 - event continues
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- Nikki Schwab
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- Friday, May 16, 2025, 11:33 AM
After the energy section, Trump moved onto a healthcare demo and then onto aviation.
“They’re working here, they’re U.S. companies,” Trump said giving Larry Ellison and Cleveland Clinic a shout-out
"I'm just thinking we have a president of the United States doing the selling, you think Biden would be doing this, I don't think so," Trump said, saying he was a "cheerleader" for the country.
"It's just my opinion but Boeing makes the best planes. they've had some headaches over the last few years, but they make the best planes."
"Hottest engine there is," Trump said of the GE-made engines.
"They don't need financing," he chuckled about Etihad's investment in Boeing planes.
"We've got the World Cup coming and the Olympics coming over the next few years," Trump said of Etihad's stadium investment in Queens.
He's moved onto an aluminum demo.
"You know what they're doing? Building a big plant in the U.S.," Trump said, noting how it was done to avoid his tariffs.
He went on:
"Now, can you imagine I'll be sitting home, who the hell knows where I'll be, and I'll say, I did that, and everyone will say, but somebody's going to be cutting a ribbon, but we're going to be finished long before that. Somebody's going to be taking the credit for this. You remember press this guy did it."
More TK
Quotes are rough.
Here's a full run-of-show -
Note: THE PRESIDENT will be guided through a 5 station walk through, each with U.S. and UAE CEOs briefing THE PRESIDENT on the investments and partnerships made between both countries in their respective sector
- THE PRESIDENT will proceed to Station 1, Energy
Note: Brief will be conducted by Dr. Sultan Al Jaber,CEO of ADNOC, Neil Chapman, SVP Exxon Mobile, Vicki Hollub, CEO of Occidental, and Ezra Yacob, CEO of EOG Resources
- THE PRESIDENT will proceed to Station 2, Healthcare
Note: Brief will be conducted by Peng Xiao,CEO G42 and board member M42,Larry Ellison, Co-founder of Oracle, and Tom Mihaljevic, CEO of Cleveland Clinic
- THE PRESIDENT will proceed to Station 3, Aviation
Note: Brief will be conducted by Antonoaldo Neves, CEOEtihad, Mohammed Al Shorafa, Chairman of Etihad Airways, Mohammed Al Suwedi, CEO of ADQ, and a Representative from Boeing
- THE PRESIDENT will proceed to Station 4, Industry
Note: Brief will be conducted by Homaid Al Shemari,Chairman Emirates Global Aluminum, and Christopher Calio, CEO of RTX Raytheon
- THE PRESIDENT will proceed to Station 5, Entertainment
Note: Brief will be conducted by Mohammed Al Mubarak,Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi
- THE PRESIDENT and Guests are invited to take their seats
- THE PRESIDENT participates in Group Photo while seated
- H.H. Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi delivers welcome remarks and introduces THE PRESIDENT
- THE PRESIDENT delivers seated remarks
- Roundtable discussion begins
Note: Moderated by Ambassador Martina Strong,U.S. Ambassador to UAE and Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to U.S. to call on 5 CEOs from each side with pre-arranged discussion points
- Closing remarks by H.H. Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed bin Zayed and THE PRESIDENT